The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-10
NEWS ANDOTHER NOTISGS,

that the number of Mexican pension claims
/ will not exceed 81, 900
| Bishop Ryan. of Buffalo, has refused
the use OF St. Stephens Hall. In that city,
for a lecture by DR.. McGlynn. on the ground
, that .he latter is in open rebellion against
the church.
! Two years ago farmer OF Cedar Grove,
J Ga. planted tive rows of potato slips ON
I Sunday. Since that time, although on both
sides OF these rows every thing that Is pls uted
grows, this space has singuisriy refused 10
! produce anything.
I Cardinal Gibbons arrived ct New oTk
/ on the UHbTta Saturday ana was met in
. the lower bay BY a stsamboaT filed with
weil-kuJwn CEIhoiic citizens OF New York.
! He was in coed Seslth and spirits.
News has Just been received at Manson,
/ Calhoun county. Iowa, that Rev. D'r. Reid
I who left that place last winter 10 become a
Z missionary in Central Africa, had been killed
and eaten by cannibals-
The entire herd 81 cattle on Join II
[ Hogt's farm. two niIes norIL OF Mechanis-
burg. Cumberland county. are qusrantised,
suffering from q disease supposed 20 be
pleuro pneumonia.
The final vote on local option for eou n
L
/ fort seven in favor and forty against
/ This is four snort OF the required majority OF
memberselect The bill will be recon-
sidered
-Four years ago the twsi ve-yesr-oId son
OF Csss 9erry. OF Grand Valley, New York,
was kidnapped by a colored man and woman
and nothing was heard Of him until yester-
day. when be suddenly retsrDed to his
fathers house In Grand Valley
Miss Cals~eII. Of Washington, who gave
$500 900 TO me Catholic University, Is to
receive from the Pope the decoration OF the
Golden Rose. The wife OF General Sher-
| man is said TO be the only American woman
entitled to this honor at this time.
-Ex Governor Shepherd, OF District OF
! Columbia fame, was seriously injured by
| being thrown from his horse in a mining
| tunnel in chihuahua, Mexico, a short time
! ago. At last accounts erysipeias had set in
and he was in q critical condition.
President Cleveland I. quoted as say ing ::
81 drink beer and light wines myself, and
| think feel all the better for them, but do
| not recommend their use to others, because
l believe that every man should be law
! unto himself 10 this matter.
| 1t took Graen River City IN. u
! couple just 80 minutes to form an acquai Mt
snce, conduct a couitship and finish of
! with marriage The scene OF this speedy
performance was a restaurant. where the
bride oficiated as waitress. The groom
was a transient customer.
! Shortly after noon on Friday last. SEN
tence OF death WAS imposed on Mrs. Chiari
CignaTaie. of New York City. who was
convicted OF murder In the first degree for
the shooting OF her husband in October
last. She was condemned to be hanged In
the TUmbs Prison-ya ard on Friday, July =
| Reports received from Alaska state that
Indians and the miners had engaged In q fsbt
IN the interior. In which one white man was
killed and five wounded. and five Indians
| killed and several wounded. There Is no
! news as to the cause OF the disturbance, but
1t is supposed that the miners interfered
with the wives OF the Indians.
e z. Aver. of Chicago. does a larger
business in railroad ties than any other man
In the world. For the remainder of this
year his contracts call for $50 car loads a
day; s.. .39i 600 -epresen Is the cost of the
ties he will require during the next seven
months. No man has so many ties to bind
| him TO prosperity.
Miss Jennie Sullivan, OF Fonda, Y Y,
was attacked with hiceeusbs three months
ago and has had no relief except when
placed under the influence Of opiates. She
is row physical wreck. When one OF the
violent ATTACKS comes on SIZE raves like an
insane person Physicians have tried, IL
| vain. TO afford relief to the sufferer.
Jasper L. Bartlett, a prominent citizen
{ of BuInersvilIe. W. Va, shot Wesley Talbot
a few days ago for paying too much atten-
tion to Mrs. Bartlett. lie thought tina t
settled it, but when he reached home he
learned that his wife had disappeared. He
went hunting for Talbot again and found
that he, tco. was among the missing.
The Railroad Comm issioners OF Con-
necticu. have Issued their edict, fCrbidding
the Sunday morning newspa per train in
that State This order will also cut of the
Z delivery Of New York papers in Massa-
chusetus- The law was passed at the last
session OF the Legislature and allows only
the running OF mail trains and trains for
public necessity.
John Wesley. who was a keen observer
OF human nature, said in a letter dated
/ Dublin, 1747: For natural sweetness of
! temper. for courtesy and hospitality, have
never seen any people like tire Irish" Not
withstandiDg the bitterness engeudered In
more thar century since that was written
the same thing may be said to-day OF the
| Irish character with entire truth.
Monkeys are the only animals beside
man that have acquired the sc-calIed NOR
phia habit. One monkey, like his master,
fell into a state of stupor and depression
when deprived of an opium smoke for sey-
eral days. Two rabbits, however, NOR phia
bad been administered in enormous doses
for months, reaching eight grains caily, and
suddenly suppressed without evidence of
discomfort.
! "A few days ago a gentleman of Wash
ington bought an old trunk at an auction
sale for Is cents. Ii was filed with rubbish,
and the buyer sent It home intending to
have it cleaned out. This was done few
days ago. and the trunk was found to con-
tain solid silver shield, which appears to
have been on the coffin Of George Washing
ton The plate from the casket ha. been
missing ever since the attempt to steal the
remains in 1897.
The President has presented gold
watch to Captain n. z. SchaeHer, Master
of the German ship Dacotah, for the rescue
of Captain 5. E. Woodbury. and wife from
the wreck OF the American schooner L. &.
/ Kamniski on March % 1897 @ cold uatch